The road was closed Friday due to flood damage.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2024, 11:29 p.m.The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Sunday that a separate truck detour has been implemented for the Route 147 emergency closure between Route 22/322 and Route 225 in Reed Township, Dauphin County.A truck restriction was temporarily lifted on Route 225 so both cars and trucks could also use it until a separate truck detour could be implemented. The detour for trucks is now in place. The truck restriction for Route 225 has been reinstated.
Trucks heading north will take Route 22/322 west to Route 11/15 north to Shamokin Dam, then Route 61 south to Sunbury and Route 147 south. Southbound truck traffic will take Route 209 north to Interstate 81 south to Route 322 west to Route 147. A utility project and associated daytime closure on Route 225 has been suspended while the road is used as a car detour, the release said.
Repairs have begun and could take about 30 days to complete. New Enterprise Stone and Lime Company, Inc., is the contractor for this work.. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.
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